On the 10th of October, the All-African People's Revolutionary Party held a march from Malcolm X Park, past the White House, to the Mall. The Mall was the site of the massive "Justice or Else" rally held on the anniversary of the 1995 Million Man March. Many at the Justice or Else rally spoke on the crisis of ongoing police murder of African-American youth. Earlier in the week, the head of the US Capitol Police was forced to apologize for an email predicting "violence" at this event(there was none to be seen). The Park Police did not seem to take any overtly aggressive action but did have an armored vehicle on site, along with a long line of horse trailers in reserve.

There is a long history of use of horses (as well as dogs) against civil rights marches in the US. There is also a long history of false predictions of violence issued by police before large civil rights events in DC. Back in 1963, police claimed to expect violence at MLK's historic March on Washington. History showed their claim to be utter and complete fabrications so far as the marches and rallies in question were concerned, and once again this has played out in DC.

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